With the explosion in medical apps available on the app stores, it’s not surprising that there are more ‘digital tools’ available to help healthcare professionals carry out everyday tasks. As with medical apps for patients there are thousands out there which aim to create efficiencies and improve access to resources on the go and we’ve […]

There is no doubt that more and more doctors are coming around to the use of the digital world – according to Simon Grime Managing Director of Communications for Doctor.net.uk the UK’s largest and most active network of medical professionals.  Over 40,000 doctors engage with Doctors.net.uk each day – that’s over 25% of all UK […]

In an article written by Noah Shachtman in 2001 he stated that – most doctors view the Internet as a waste of time.  His source was a report released by Forrester Research.  He said, “With fortunes being sunk into e-healthcare ventures, just how – and how quickly the medical profession goes online is a multi-billion […]

There is no doubt that more and more doctors are coming around to the use of the digital world – according to Simon Grime Managing Director of Communications for Doctor.net.uk the UK’s largest and most active network of medical professionals.  Over 40,000 doctors engage with Doctors.net.uk each day – that’s over 25% of all UK […]

The General Medical Council is on the case! In a very 21st century directive to its members it advises: The standards expected of doctors do not change because they are communicating through social media rather than face to face or through other traditional media. However, social media does raise new circumstances to which the established […]